About the Authors

Ankit Rai

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Avadhesha Surolia

panda@iitb.ac.in (DP); surolia@mbu.iisc.ernet.in (AS)

Affiliation Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Dulal Panda

panda@iitb.ac.in (DP); surolia@mbu.iisc.ernet.in (AS)

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Competing Interests

Co-author Avadhesha Surolia is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR AS DP. Performed the experiments: AR. Analyzed the data: AR AS DP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS DP. Wrote the paper: AR AS DP.